Trivia Question of the Week #8

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Principal Diagnosis
Is defined in the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS) as "that condition established AFTER STUDY to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the patient to the hospital for care."
The circumstance of the inpatient admission always governs the selection of the Principal Diagnosis.

 

[LakshmiA_62221]

Principal diagnosis is the condition after study. We can use this in the hospital settings.

 

[Lori]

These are just for fun you do not have to post your answers because if you click the spoiler it will reveal the answers but I do like getting likes or comments

 

[LakshmiA_62221]

Oh. I got it! Thank you!